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the one area, the boone area in the economy of boston and the united states at that great of time was one, the yankee bankers of boston, and new york to lesser extent, were paying the attention to come and that was still the moving pictures. they thought it was a fat is going to go with a y. in money in it? at kennedy do better. and because nobody else was paying attention, he got into film. and using a local bank as his page bank, a local bank that his father had helped start in east boston trust company, key, and using his friends, he raised enough money to make a bid on a failing film company. he found his way to hollywood, and in hollywood made it big. why? because he learned how to make his being an outsider into an advantage. he arrived in hollywood as another kind of an outsider, a christian. and he said over and over again from the moment he arrived in hollywood, i am the all-american boy, i'm jack armstrong, i'm a boston banker and i'm here to rescue this industry from the bad reputation that has spread over it, because the dominant studio heads and producers are jews. i'm no
the one area, the boone area in the economy of boston and the united states at that great of time was one, the yankee bankers of boston, and new york to lesser extent, were paying the attention to come and that was still the moving pictures. they thought it was a fat is going to go with a y. in money in it? at kennedy do better. and because nobody else was paying attention, he got into film. and using a local bank as his page bank, a local bank that his father had helped start in east boston...
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he explores what it mean for the global economy. it's a little under an hour. >> it's a pleasure to see you here tonight. as we know, happiness is relative thing. i began the day this morning in the dentist's chair having a crown put in, and here by tonight i'm at politics and prose. i'm a happy man. having gone from one extreme to another. it's a special pleasure to welcome you here tonight. and standing room only. this is marvelous. i thought i would begin by telling you a few stories about what the book is about, and skipping the big structure and simply tell you some stories about some of the people in the book. in the end it's very much about real people. so what kind of book is this? it's big, it's heavy, it's, you know, you may open it with a certain trip dedication. what it is is a memoir, first of all. it's a little bit of a memoir of my travels in russia. it's a memoir of the number of the people in the weak. we have gone through twenty years together. it's a memoir of the last twenty years since the soviet union fell apar
he explores what it mean for the global economy. it's a little under an hour. >> it's a pleasure to see you here tonight. as we know, happiness is relative thing. i began the day this morning in the dentist's chair having a crown put in, and here by tonight i'm at politics and prose. i'm a happy man. having gone from one extreme to another. it's a special pleasure to welcome you here tonight. and standing room only. this is marvelous. i thought i would begin by telling you a few stories...
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in the toilet, the national debt crisis had devastated the economy in mexico, and my mother came back to be a single mother of father without my father's support so she changed a lot, and she, you know, she was bitter about the whole experience in the u.s., and she was broken hearted, and i think in many ways, we paid the price for what my father did to her because she was no longer interested in being our mother. you know, she was interested in finding someone else to could protect her, who could take care of herring and who, i guess, repair the damage, you know, that my father had done. this is what happened to my mother, and i understand that in many ways, and back then, obviously, i didn't because i was the daughter seeing her mother drift from her mother and more each day. >> host: reyna, you mentioned you got the green card and ran with it. where did you go to school? where did you study? >> how did you become an award winning novelist and now in non-fiction? >> guest: when i got the green card, i made a promise to myself i was going to go to school and be somebody in this count
in the toilet, the national debt crisis had devastated the economy in mexico, and my mother came back to be a single mother of father without my father's support so she changed a lot, and she, you know, she was bitter about the whole experience in the u.s., and she was broken hearted, and i think in many ways, we paid the price for what my father did to her because she was no longer interested in being our mother. you know, she was interested in finding someone else to could protect her, who...
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president, the most serious problem in the russian economy today is corruption. and at the center, the epicenter of that corruption is the russian government, mr. president. and, in fact, it's the ministry of energy. the minister of energy's sitting right there. and it's also the russian national oil company, the head of which was sitting right there. and he goes on to talk about all of the ways in which these guys are finish. [inaudible] at which point putin interrupted. he's been sitting there calmly, and in a calm tone of voice, he says i understand that you have a great many reserves that you are not developing, and i understand that you, too, are having some problems with paying taxes. and he goes on to list in a very quiet voice things that amount to saying that the man is maybe himself the center of the corruption problem. and then a very thin smile -- there are videos of this confrontation -- a very thin smile, and so putin says, you see, i'm returning the hockey puck to you. [laughter] and there was this laughter, nervous laughter in the room. you can he
president, the most serious problem in the russian economy today is corruption. and at the center, the epicenter of that corruption is the russian government, mr. president. and, in fact, it's the ministry of energy. the minister of energy's sitting right there. and it's also the russian national oil company, the head of which was sitting right there. and he goes on to talk about all of the ways in which these guys are finish. [inaudible] at which point putin interrupted. he's been sitting...
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in her time and important new book, "regulating to disaster: how green jobs are damaging america's economy." in it, she subjects the assumption and policies which led to such a faded federal investments as solyndra solar panel manufacture as was that a 123 collector car battery manufacture to a waiting analysis which we of the institute have come to expect from this oxford trained economist who served as chief of staff for the council of economic advisers. sorry. during the administration of president george w. bush. in her book, she helps us understand why the failures of such direct investments in private firms are both significant problems in themselves and cautionary tales for those who would have the government rather than private investors allocate capital. the publication that regulates the disaster caps diane mr. shear as an institute senior fellow, i'll year in which has been prolific and influential. cited by reuters reporters, talk show host, across the country. i think in particular of her many, many contributions to our series called issues 2012, ranging from her analysis demo
in her time and important new book, "regulating to disaster: how green jobs are damaging america's economy." in it, she subjects the assumption and policies which led to such a faded federal investments as solyndra solar panel manufacture as was that a 123 collector car battery manufacture to a waiting analysis which we of the institute have come to expect from this oxford trained economist who served as chief of staff for the council of economic advisers. sorry. during the...
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fdr and is this behavior and what if we threw him out of office and demanded his resignation as the economy was recovered? all the way back to the french and indian war, a very young george washington was riding very romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. her name was sally terry fairfax, very attractive, older, sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters have become public during the for -- french and and -- ran the french and indian war. not the first and not the worst. patraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there done that. it pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited prostitutes. say it isn't so. but it happens. now, the details on a sketchy. there are not a lot of letters written about this, but here is so we can piece together. lincoln's best friend was joshua speed. he was, perhaps, a dashing and handsome and i guess what you with the ladies as lincoln was allegedly only an awkward and of lucky in romance. he felt sorry for lincoln. invited him to work in his general store. and he did not have a place to stay. he let him stay of stairs of
fdr and is this behavior and what if we threw him out of office and demanded his resignation as the economy was recovered? all the way back to the french and indian war, a very young george washington was riding very romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. her name was sally terry fairfax, very attractive, older, sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters have become public during the for -- french and and -- ran the french and indian war. not the first and not the...
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if you didn't grow the government or economy at all. why have we put ourselves in a position? the fact is we are now, the federal reserve has increased its balance sheet. this created $2 trillion with the funny money. it is going to fall in the middle class in a very poor country and is going to defeat with both already said they want and yet we don't have the courage to do to make the tough choices if it means we lose their seats to secure the future for this country. we put ourselves first and said of the country first. if any american citizen breed back in black, go to her website every day, there's a lot of commonsense ways to save money. just this last week the air force announced in the federal government this year were going to
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group of crops that the slaves produced for their masters, and that made up the core of the southern economy. and only slave labor, on the labor of people owned outright by their owners, the landowners who had no right to object much less to refuse the condition under which they were compelled to work. only slave labor would cultivate those crops internationally and cheaply enough to yield the tremendous profits that they did. but slavery importance to the southern e letted was not simply a matter of dollars and cents. to many masters, as slave owners liked to be called, slavery appeared to be con essential even in irreplaceable fixture of society. it was imseparateble from e everything they knew and loved. it was inseparateble from all aspects what they referred to as their way of life. of course, economically but also socially and culturally. slavery was the unique basis of the particular outlook, assumption umg, the norm, the habits, the relationships to which these masters had become deeply attached. it defined their privileges, it shaped their culture, it shaped their religion, it even
group of crops that the slaves produced for their masters, and that made up the core of the southern economy. and only slave labor, on the labor of people owned outright by their owners, the landowners who had no right to object much less to refuse the condition under which they were compelled to work. only slave labor would cultivate those crops internationally and cheaply enough to yield the tremendous profits that they did. but slavery importance to the southern e letted was not simply a...
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we have money, we have an economy he. we are in a very different situation than the founders ever were or could have imagined. but we still have those inclination's are we involved in foreign policy to protect our interests, are we involved in foreign policy to project in the world? >> host: it is a different time in america's place in the world. the nations are very much a threat, 25 years after the person in the white house this is a country very much at risk. how do the people that you write about half contemporary offers, how did that translate the frankenstein of the founding to the debate about foreign policy and in afghanistan? >> guest: a lot of them quote washington's farewell that you shouldn't be involved on the alliance's. there tends to be a very nativist going out through the books. >> host: what do you mean by nativist? >> guest: let the world flight and pull back and take care of ourselves. i do not sense among the contemporary conservatives i do not get a sense of foreign policy coherence than i do on the
we have money, we have an economy he. we are in a very different situation than the founders ever were or could have imagined. but we still have those inclination's are we involved in foreign policy to protect our interests, are we involved in foreign policy to project in the world? >> host: it is a different time in america's place in the world. the nations are very much a threat, 25 years after the person in the white house this is a country very much at risk. how do the people that you...
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we have an army, we have an av, we have money, we have an economy. we are in a very different situation than the founders ever were or ever could have imagined. but we still have the two inclinations. are we involved in foreign policy to protect their interest? are we involved in foreign-policy to project some ideology into the world? >> host: of course it's a very different time in the world. we are not an indispensable nation. we are a nation very much a threat 25 years after the constitution not too far from here where we are taking this interview they burn down the white house and the country very much was at risk. how do the people that you write about, contemporary authors, how do they translate or try to translate what the franken signs and a founding to contemporary debates about iraq and afghanistan? >> guest: a lot of them quote washington's farewell address and said he shouldn't be involved. there tends to be a very nativist threat going through those books and that discourse. >> host: tell us more about that. would he mean by nativist? >>
we have an army, we have an av, we have money, we have an economy. we are in a very different situation than the founders ever were or ever could have imagined. but we still have the two inclinations. are we involved in foreign policy to protect their interest? are we involved in foreign-policy to project some ideology into the world? >> host: of course it's a very different time in the world. we are not an indispensable nation. we are a nation very much a threat 25 years after the...
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we have nav, we have money and an economy. when a very different situation than the founders ever were or ever could've imagined, but we still have those two inclinations. are we about to foreign policy to protect her interests quite are we involved in foreign policy to project ideology into the world? >> guest: >> host: were not in the dispensable nation. 25 years after the creation of the constitution not too far from here come the paper and the white house that the country very much at risk. so the people that you write about in the book, the contemporary authors, how do they translate or try to train late with the frankenstein set to contemporary debates about foreign policy in iraq, afghanistan? >> guest: a lot of to quote washington's farewell address and say we should be involved. there tends to be a very nativist echoing through those folks and that discourse. >> host: what you mean by nativist? >> guest: let the world friday we just need to pull back and take care of ourselves. i don't sense among the contemporary con
we have nav, we have money and an economy. when a very different situation than the founders ever were or ever could've imagined, but we still have those two inclinations. are we about to foreign policy to protect her interests quite are we involved in foreign policy to project ideology into the world? >> guest: >> host: were not in the dispensable nation. 25 years after the creation of the constitution not too far from here come the paper and the white house that the country very...